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porocephalosis

porocephalosis noun: infection by parasitic crustaceans of genera Porocephalus or Armillifer.

Noun

porocephalosis (uncountable)

  1. Infection by parasitic crustaceans of genera Porocephalus or Armillifer.

Origin of porocephalosis

Porocephalus + -osis

Questions about porocephalosis

What does porocephalosis mean?
Porocephalosis means infection by parasitic crustaceans of genera Porocephalus or Armillifer.
What part of speech is porocephalosis?
Porocephalosis is a noun.

Words near porocephalosis in the dictionary

  1. porocarcinoma
  2. porocarcinomas
  3. porocephaliasis
  4. porocephalid
  5. porocephalids
  6. porocephalosis
  7. poroconidia
  8. poroconidium
  9. porocyte
  10. porocytes
  11. porocytosis

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